Carbon footprint estimate from life cycle analysis for hybrid concentrating photovoltaic power generation

Understanding, calculating, and comparing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of electricity-generating technologies can support efforts to minimize global warming. Numbers on GHG emissions are derived from comprehensive cradle-to-grave reviews of Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) considering the full inventory...

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Main Author: Leutz, Ralf
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
End of life
Fresnel lenses
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Irradiance
Life cycle analysis
Life cycle assessment
Microbalances
Photovoltaic cells
Solar radiation
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Summary:Understanding, calculating, and comparing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of electricity-generating technologies can support efforts to minimize global warming. Numbers on GHG emissions are derived from comprehensive cradle-to-grave reviews of Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) considering the full inventory of emissions, material flows, and energy balances affecting the product during its creation, life, and end-of-life phases. The product is a hybrid concentrating photovoltaic power generator, made of a combination of flat-plate photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating photovoltaics (CPV), for which we will list GHG emissions. These will depend on the beam fraction on total solar radiation, and the total irradiance. Fresnel lens primary optics in PMMA and silicone-on-glass (SOG) are assessed.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/5.0099034